Around the Graduate Dinner Table

8. Around the Graduate Dinner Table We asked the graduates the following question: “What title or verse of a song describes how you’re feeling as you graduate?” Here’s what they said: “Love so amazing, so divine: demands my soul, my life, my all.” (When I Survey the Wondrous Cross, Third Day) “All along you were beside me—even when I couldn’t tell” (I’m So Secure, Hillsongs) “Refine Me” (Jennifer Knapp) God’s not done with me yet! “And where He leads me, I will follow” (C.O.R., “I Believe in God) “All things are possible!” (Hillsongs) “Deep blue something” (Breakfast at Tiffany’s) “All along, You were beside me, even when I couldn’t tell, through the years, you show me more of You!!!” (I’m So Secure, Hillsongs) “My God, why would You shed Your blood so pure and undefiled? To make a sinful one like me Your chosen precious child?” (Alas and Did My Savior Bleed) “Lord, I long to see You glorified in everything I do" (Lord of All, Hillsongs) “Be Thou my Wisdom & Thou my true Word, I ever with Thee & Thou with me” (Be Thou My Vision, Mary Byrne & Eleanor Hull) “Come to the light, Come as you are, You can be the friend of God” (Come to the Light) "Cuz you're his cheeseburger. His precious cheeseburger. He'll be back for you" (His Cheeseburger, Veggietales) "Desperate for changing, Starving for truth, Closer to where I started, Chasing after you" (Hanging by a Moment, Lifehouse) "Cause blessed are those who have not seen and yet believe and blest are the hands that keep givin' but never receive. Blest is the heart that gets broken but keeps holdin' on for another day holdin' on for another day 'cause that's what it means to live by faith." (Live by Faith, Chris Rice) "He's changing me, my precious Jesus, I'm not the same person that I used to be. Sometimes it's slow going, but there is knowing, that someday perfect I will be." (He’s Changing Me) “Consider all that He has done, stand in awe and be amazed, and know that He will never change,be still...” (Be Still and Know, Steven Curtis Chapman)

9. Around the Graduate Dinner Table “…But this Man of no reputation loves the weak with relentless affection…He was a Man of no reputation.” (A Man of No Reputation, Rick Elias) “This world has nothing for me, and this world has everything, All that I could want and nothing that I need.” (This World, Caedmon’s Call) “We will give ourselves no rest ‘til Your Kingdom comes on earth, God of Heaven on our knees we fall.” (Knocking on the Door of Heaven, Matt Redman) “Take my hand and walk where I lead, keep your eyes on me along.” (Take My Hand, The Kry) “Take me, mold me, use me, fill me. I give my life to the Potter’s hand.” (The Potter’s Hand, Hillsongs) “I am so tired of compromising, I am so tired of luke-warm living, So here I am with arms wide open…Set me on fire, Take this heart of mine, Place your love inside, I want to go against the grain, Set me on fire….” (Set me on Fire, One Day) “…the more I understand that I do not comprehend this love that’s coming from your hand.” (Who Am I?, Point of Grace) “Life ain’t no bed of roses.” (I Believe in You, Jean-Luc Lajoie, Pete Nelson and Yves Lajoie “Don’t Count the Days. Let the Days Count.” (Blessings, Alanis) “I will sing of the Lord’s great love forever; with my mouth I will make your faithfulness known through all generations. I will declare that your love stands firm forever, that you established your faithfulness in heaven itself.” Psalm 89:1-2